Amazon Launches the Alexa Tablets

[tubemonkey]

Introducing all-new Amazon Alexa Tablets—powerful tablets with Alexa+ built in

We’re excited to introduce Amazon Alexa Tablets—an all-new lineup of tablets that combine powerful hardware, the intelligence of Alexa+, and built-in access to all your favorite apps with Google Play Store. The all-new lineup includes three models: Amazon Alexa Tablet 12 Pro, Amazon Alexa Tablet 11, and Amazon Alexa Tablet 8.

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We’re also introducing all-new Amazon Kids Tablets. Ready-to-go bundles come with a device, a kid-proof case, and a year of Amazon Kids+, with 8.7-inch and 11-inch sizes both available.

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The new Amazon Alexa Tablets are available in a range of configurations. Amazon Alexa Tablet 12 Pro starts at $499.99 (Nanomatte starts at $549.99) in Graphite, with 8GB RAM and 128GB storage. Amazon Alexa Tablet 11 starts at $329.99 in Graphite, Amethyst, and Matcha, with 8GB RAM and 64GB storage. Amazon Alexa Tablet 8 starts at $229.99 in Graphite, Rosette, and Teal, with 4GB RAM and 64GB storage. Accessories include the Amazon Alexa Tablet Pro Keyboard ($149.99), Amazon Alexa Tablet Pro Pen ($89.99), and a range of protective folios.

All three Amazon Alexa Tablets as well as Amazon Kids Tablets will be available for purchase today and will ship on October 14, 2026, in the United States, Mexico and Canada.

[dandaman]

Probably only because Fire Tablets have a bad reputation...

[Sundae]

I only skimmed when I saw it on the Amazon page, but the thing that stood out in the picture was the Play store on the home page. So are these just official android tablets?

I still have an old kids tablet in my household, but really don't like all the junk apps on it. It was horrible during the period kiddo had a year or Kids Plus or whatever it's called. And it was pretty buggy. For instance, it has been a couple years at least since I could successfully add a book from my library to the kid's profile.

But it does run the hoopla app for books and Disney, so it gets used sometimes.

I'll be mildly interested to see if how these new ones develop, but in no hurry to get one.

[Josieb1]

We have two echoes and two dots in this house and the only thing I use Alexa for is asking her to play my current audiobook.

[Gormagon]

The one with the matte screen is rather expensive (and you have to pay extra for a stylus), but I like that after TCL, Huawei, Lenovo, Xiaomi and maybe other manufactures matte screens finally reach the mass market.

On amazon.com it says "Seamless and personalized: Amazon apps—Prime Video, Kindle, Audible, Amazon Music, Amazon Luna—are built-in and sync across devices with single sign-on and personalized content." (amazon.com/dp/B0FMS8C99W)

Built-in apps like you can't uninstall them if you're not interested?
I'm also not interested in Alexa shenanigans, so I guess I'm not part of the target group.

[John F]

For non-prime members, is there an extra monthly charge for alexa+?

[JSWolf]

Two more articles on the tablets.

https://www.techradar.com/tablets/am...-tablet-12-pro

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026...roid-than-ever

[Cactus Chef]

Seems expensive. Wasn't the whole purpose of the Fire tablets that you got a dirt-cheap tablet to give the kids?

[mrmikey]

.....Fire Tablets have a bad reputation...

An understatement.
Wasn't too bad when you used the Fire Tools to de-scamazon it and allowed you to use regular Android apps and blocked the useless stuff you could'nt remove. They, scamazon, screwed it up by updating the system so you couldn't block updates and every time it updated, it reinstalled all the useless scamazon apps making it unusably slow. Mine is now mounted to the wall showing a constant weather app and nothing else, it's all its good for now.
It's a shame because it wasn't a bad tablet, nice display, relatively fast and didn't work too bad.
Would I buy anything scamazon branded....not a chance in ....

[Frogm4n]

Originally Posted by Sundae

I only skimmed when I saw it on the Amazon page, but the thing that stood out in the picture was the Play store on the home page. So are these just official android tablets?

Yes, they run regular Android 16 with the Google Play Store as the source of apps. They do have customizations to integrate Alexa but they don't have the deep customization that they did for Fire OS.